Waqas Cheema

About Waqas Cheema

Waqas is an energetic and results oriented leader with a proven track record of transforming and growing global businesses. Waqas’ business acumen and deep understanding of strategy is rooted in over twenty years of experience in leading global commercial, operations and technology organizations. He has served as member of c-suite of global businesses and has a strong track record of orchestrating financial turnarounds and transformational benefits at a global scale for organizations ranging in revenues of up to $3 billion.Waqas brings more than 20 years of experience to CoreLogic in leading global data and technology organizations. He has a track record of driving enterprise value through the end-to-end transformation of operations, technology and commercial functions.Prior to joining CoreLogic, Waqas was at NielsenIQ, where he served as Chief Operating Officer, Global Consumer Insights. Over his 11-year career at Nielsen, Waqas also held executive-level roles leading Client Success, Operations and Technology organizations across the globe. Prior to Nielsen, Waqas served in a variety of operations leadership roles at Recall and General Electric.Waqas received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at The Wharton School. In addition, he has completed various leadership development programs. Waqas is a champion of learning and education. At work he has led various talent development programs and makes skills development a central point of his transformation strategies. Outside of work, Waqas is a board member of AMANA academy charter schools educational community with a mission to academically prepare students to be 21st-century STEM leaders and change makers. He has lived and worked in US, Canada, Mexico and Asia.

Experience

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   NielsenIQ

   Present

Education

• Purdue University

  Bachelor's degree, Electrical Engineering

  1994 — 1999

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business

  Executive Leadership Program

• General Electric Crotonville

  Management and Leadership

• Fudan University

  Nielsen's Leadership Program in China

  2013 — 2014

• Brambles Australia

  Brambles Leadership Program

  2008 — 2008

• The Wharton School

  Advanced Management Program (AMP)